Kansas City police canceled an Amber Alert Tuesday evening for a missing 10-month-old girl, although the investigation and search for her continue.

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Police issued the alert for Lisa Irwin early Tuesday morning. The baby was last seen at 10:30 p.m. Monday asleep in her crib at her parents' home in the 3600 block of North Lister Avenue.

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At 7 p.m., as expected, police pulled the Amber Alert, saying the system was designed to raise awareness early in an investigation to alert the public.

"Although the investigation and search for Lisa Irwin continues, an active Amber Alert is no longer necessary in this case. Lisa Irwin is still considered a missing/endangered juvenile," police Sgt. Stacey Graves said in a news release.

The case of Lisa's disappearance launched at 4 a.m. on Tuesday when her father called for help after discovering that she was missing, police said.

"We're working some angles, but there are no hard leads," police Capt. Steve Young said during an afternoon news briefing.

About 100 officers and mounted patrol units were actively investigating the case and searching a handful of areas, including near Chouteau Trafficway and Parvin Road. KMBC's Cliff Judy reported that Kansas City Fire search and rescue crews rappelled down the side of a steep drop-off at 34th Terrace and North Myrtle, looking for Irwin.

A battalion chief at the site of the search told Judy that "There's a reason we're here," but said nothing more.

Crews used chainsaws and other heavy equipment to clear debris. They called off the search along the hillside just before 5 p.m., having found nothing.

"What makes this one different is here we are at almost 8:30 p.m. at night and we really haven't gotten anything," Young said. "As everybody knows, the longer this goes, the harder it gets to get solid information."

Earlier in the day, KMBC's Peggy Breit reported that the girl's mother was taken in a unmarked police car to police headquarters for an interview. Breit reported that is routine in an investigation like this. Both parents had been interviewed at the home earlier in the morning, and police said they were both cooperative. Breit also reported that a couple of children who were in the home at the time of the abduction would be talked to by investigators, as well.

"I realize that some of these Amber Alerts involve parents or parental abductions, but we have both the parents here. So that puts us on a little higher state of alert," Graves said. Police later said they had no reason to believe that the parents were not giving them accurate information.

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Throughout the morning, investigators could be seen dusting for fingerprints at the home. Initially, police officers were closely examining a window. But authorities stressed that they were looking at all possibilities.

"A window looked like it might be a point of entry, but we're trying to put all the pieces together," Young said.

He said that investigators are still holding the home as a crime scene. Vehicles driving into the neighborhood on Tuesday night were searched by police and drivers were questioned.

"We're going to do everything we can to find this child and hopefully get her back home," Young said.

Police said Lisa has blue eyes and blond hair. She is 30 inches tall and weighs 26 to 30 pounds. She has two bottom teeth, a small bug bite under her left ear, a beauty mark on her right outer thigh and currently has a cold with a cough.

The baby was last seen wearing purple shorts and a purple shirt with white kittens on it.

Anyone with information was urged to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.